Buying a Chromebook was a BIG MISTAKE

Try FreshBooks free, for 30 days, no credit card required at Create your build at Your old MacBook is really chugging these days. But new computers with fancy Nvidia GPUs and AMD Ryzen chips are very expensive. Here’s a way you could save a buck! Chrome OS Flex! Google will now let you install Chrome OS on your own device for free. But can it actually improve old devices? We tested to find out! Discuss on the forum: Buy a 1 TB Samsung 970 EVO SSD NVMe : Buy a 240GB Crucial SATA SSD: Buy a Crucial MX500 250GB SSD: Buy Bush’s Baked Beans: Purchases made through some store links may provide some compensation to Linus Media Group. ► GET MERCH: ► SUPPORT US ON FLOATPLANE: ► AFFILIATES, SPONSORS & REFERRALS: ► PODCAST GEAR: FOLLOW US --------------------------------------------------- Twitter: Facebook: Instagram: TikTok: @linustech Twitch: MUSIC CREDIT --------------------------------------------------- Intro: Laszlo - Supernova Video Link: iTunes Download Link: Artist Link: Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High Video Link: Listen on Spotify: Artist Link: Intro animation by MBarek Abdelwassaa Monitor And Keyboard by vadimmihalkevich / CC BY 4.0 Mechanical RGB Keyboard by BigBrotherECE / CC BY 4.0 Mouse Gamer free Model By Oscar Creativo / CC BY 4.0 CHAPTERS --------------------------------------------------- 0:00 CrINgeTRO 1:45 The Laptops 3:05 How we tested 4:04 How slow are they? 5:25 Installing Chrome OS Flex 6:34 BIG CAVEAT 7:49 Chrome OS Flex Results 10:39 Can you run it? 11:53 Chrome OS Flex limitations 13:17 Alternatives 14:32 Outro